Selection of microorganisms for biosurfactant production using agroindustrial wastes Seleção de microrganismos para a produção de biossurfatantes em resíduos agroindustriais

Biosurfactant production by some bacterial isolates using molasses, milk whey and cassava flour wastewater (manipueira) as substrates was evaluated and compared with the production in conventional medium. Isolates growing in manipueira medium decreased the surface tension around 42%, the highest red...

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Main Authors: Marcia Nitschke, Cristina Ferraz, Gláucia M. Pastore
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia 2004-06-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Microbiology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822004000100013